Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
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fall.
p. II. Murphy, a merchant at wabashs, has
failed.
Wheat Is coming In in large quantities at
Tracy this fall.
A large force Of men are employed on the
city water works at Austin.
The Msnkato normal school Is crowded 60
that pupils have to be turned away.
A 20%0-pound black bear was killed i've
miles north Of Litchdeld Tuesday night.
Two wealthy eastern firms viii begin the
manufacture Of railroad cars at saltwater.
The residence Of Rev. w. w. Smell, of
Rockford, was burned to the ground Monday.
Thursday night a prairie fire destroyed four
horses and a frame barn and hay belonging
70 Joseph uarps, living five miles southwest
If Wheaton.
Several cases OF typhoid fever have broken
out 10 the graders camp on the MillnAr and
Sioux Falls railroad near Marshal, aud Two
or three deaths have resulted.
The Manitoba company will prevent the
Duluth, Huron and Denver from laying Its
rack across the Manitoba track. The Mani
tobs has already applied for an Injunction.
The corner stone Of the Catholic church wa.
aid at PI2estone Sunday by the Rev. Fathe,
Kerrick, OF Avoca, attended by his choir OF
tsdian girls, and il was an imposing cere
mony.
A telegram has just been received from
Capt. q Buissop, Of Wabasha, stating that bis
noat, the Ben Hersey, is sunk on the lower
'apids and will, in all probability be q tota
wreck.
1t is now believed, judging from reliable IL
iications, that the vein of iron ore discovered
lust west OF st. cloud is only a portion OF Al
'xtens.vs bed underlying the site OF 81
Cloud.
Mss P~feister, a domestic employed In til,
lily OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry HeinzmaG. OF
Aankato was found dead In bed on Thursda,
N rning. Her death is supposed to have beel
caused by heart disess..
One OF the iudic' ents found BY the Crane
Jury at III Wing is against a man sixty-6vt
ears If age, for criminal assault on a girl OF
seven years. The defendant pleads no
guilty, and claims that it Is a scheme to extorI
money.
The Milwaukee Railroad ccmpany's ray roll
1t Austin for September exceeded $4,000,
FOR August 1t vas over t24 0U0, and for Jul,
s25 5SS 81. Several directors OF the road were
here Monday inspecting the new maclln,
shops and planning for further improve
nents.
william Boulder, a section man, fell under
Il freight train at Wadena Thursday mornihg
Aad received injuries from which he died. H.,
right tfoot and left leg at the ankle wer,
crushed 70 a pulp and his left arm bsdly
bruised, while he also rec internal IL Ir
les. He was at once taken to the sanitariun
It Brainerd. Boulder is ~dity-six years of age
aud has IA vie and two children.
A IRE was ret by az unknown incendiary a
2 O'Clock Wednesday morning in the rear o
Johu llausoL's saloon building at Albert Lea
which, vi h the larse Fixen building, wai
soon wrapped in fames. The fire COMPANY
had three streams on Ia a ( " minutes, anC
prevented It's spre&dtcg, but the two buildings
we're rlined. The Hanson building was 10
,ured for 81 go. which viii cover the loss
g.. D.. Fuller and Tom Richards lose some
q i3g on their bowling alley fixtures and or
tD,i / itere,t Ia the FxeD bulldog.
1t was learned from q contractor who 4
iguriLg on the work that the Minnesota ans
Northwestern viii let the contract for build
ing its line from st Paul to Nemadji Bay
superior, on the 18Th of this month. 1t II
estimated that the grading alone Will cos
about ~, 000, 0C0, or about 81, 900 a mile. L
Ia not known whether the contract will be lie
at the same time for an entrance into Duluth
The prospect OF the early building Of the roac
has, however, stimulated buying Of and de
mand for dock property on Minnesota Poin'
a. Duluth.
The skeleton OF a nan together with BIT
clothing was discovered wednesday in
thicket upon the farm Of &. Rahm, o; Fores'
Lake township, near Saltwater. The remain,
are believed TO be those of a farm haDd who
up 10 July IS last had been In Mr.. Rshm't
employ for eleven years. On the date men
tipntd be went TO his work In the cornfiaic
aud was never seen again. IL was thought al
he time that in some freak re had volul
tarily quilted the place. The man was suffice
TO e~pileptic dts and il Is supposed that feeling
an attack of his NAL tdy coming on he craw!eC
into the bushes To avoid the hot rsys of tn,
sun aud died during a fit.
4 big Scsndal has been brought to light IL
SauR Center which i~ovolves one. Of the Wi
known professional N n and "A divorced lady
The gentleman /. a married man and the LAD,
lie vel known about town. Il is claimed II a
these { yo parties made an appointment oar
Ing the supposed sbsence OF the mans wife
but she V is suspicious ami wa wing IN wal
Instead Of heisg out of tOwn. The othei
woman came 10 her husbands house Ia MATS
All e aud wa caught Ia such a suspicion
ur1dicameLt that aD arrest OF both artles Hi
md stely followed. Those coucerueJ in the
meiter are trying to hush 1t as much as pos
sible.
At u dance SATURDAY. night, about two End
one-bsif m les from the village Of Renmiag,
two men, Jumes Ga,es and Gene Lucy, go,
into Il uls pute as to which one was entitled "a
dance No. IL on the pr, gramme with one o.
be belles B C mirg Involved In a quarrel
they went outside to light IL oIt Gates WA.
getting the better Of lis antagonist when Tim
Lucy went to the others assistance and, II Il
alb ged, struck Gates, It ia presumed with =
siung-shot, Featuring his skull aud kilicg
him instantly. rhe Lncss g6ve thtmselyes
VI. imme'istriy aud we're lodged in thec1coty
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